[3.12] gh-109980: Fix test_tarfile_vs_tar on macOS (GH-112905) #112927
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On recentish macOS versions the system tar command includes system metadata (ACLs, extended attributes and resource forks) in the tar archive, which shutil.make_archive will not do. This can cause spurious test failures. (cherry picked from commit dd2ebdf) Co-authored-by: Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>
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On recentish macOS versions the system tar
command includes system metadata (ACLs, extended attributes
and resource forks) in the tar archive, which
shutil.make_archive will not do. This can cause
spurious test failures.
(cherry picked from commit dd2ebdf)
Co-authored-by: Ronald Oussoren ronaldoussoren@mac.com
test_tarfile_vs_taroftest_shutilfails on macos Sonoma #109980